Esthetic rehabilitation for a Kennedy Class IV patient using detachable 3D printing diagnostic denture and removable partial denture with polyetheretherketone framework

Qin Wu; Na Zhang; Bo Dong; Manlin Sun; Xin Yang; Haiyang Yu

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10834

Esthetic rehabilitation for a Kennedy Class IV patient using detachable 3D printing diagnostic denture and removable partial denture with polyetheretherketone framework

Heliyon. 2022 Oct 1;8(10):e10834. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10834. eCollection 2022 Oct.

Authors

Qin Wu¹, Na Zhang¹, Bo Dong², Manlin Sun¹, Xin Yang¹, Haiyang Yu¹

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Disease, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, PR China.
² Department of Dental Technology, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, PR China.

Abstract

For patients with high aesthetic expectation, using removable partial dentures (RPDs) to restore the missing teeth in the aesthetic area rapidly and obtain the patients' approval is challenging. This case described an alternative digital protocol to solve this situation. A detachable 3DP diagnostic denture was involved in the procedure, which not only allowed patient to evaluate the possible outcome of the RPD, but also can be duplicated to form a definitive RPD, by bonding a milled PEEK framework and a customized PMMA dentition containing posts, using a thermoplastic compression molding (CM)process.

Keywords: 3D printing; Dental CAD/CAM; Diagnostic denture; Digital denture; Removable partial denture.

Publication types

Case Reports